主题：【原创】冰眼看日本之四十五:“给脸不要脸”的选民 -- 俞天任

亚 历 山 大 · 泰 勒 (Alexander Tyler) ：

作为一种政体，民主政治转瞬即逝，不可能永远维系； 民主政治只能维持到投票者发现他们能透过投票从国库中获利的时候。从那时起 ，大多数的选民总 是会投给那些承诺给他们最多利益的候选人 ，而民主 政治就崩溃于满无节制的财政政策 ， 起而代之的总是专制独裁 。

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."